Last night I saw Lester Maddox on a TV showWith some smart ass New York JewAnd the Jew laughed at Lester MaddoxAnd the audience laughed at Lester Maddox tooWell he may be a fool but he's our foolIf they think they're better than him they're wrongSo I went to the park and I took some paper alongAnd that's where I made this song

We talk real funny down hereWe drink too much and we laugh too loudWe're too dumb to make it in no Northern townAnd we're keepin' the niggers down

We got no-necked oilmen from TexasAnd good ol' boys from TennesseeAnd colleges men from LSUWent in dumb. Come out dumb tooHustlin' 'round Atlanta in their alligator shoesGettin' drunk every weekend at the barbecuesAnd they're keepin' the niggers down

[Chorus:]We're rednecks, rednecksAnd we don't know our ass from a hole in the groundWe're rednecks, we're rednecksAnd we're keeping the niggers down

Now your northern nigger's a NegroYou see he's got his dignityDown here we're too ignorant to realizeThat the North has set the nigger free

Yes he's free to be put in a cageIn Harlem in New York CityAnd he's free to be put in a cage on the South-Side of ChicagoAnd the West-SideAnd he's free to be put in a cage in Hough in ClevelandAnd he's free to be put in a cage in East St. LouisAnd he's free to be put in a cage in Fillmore in San FranciscoAnd he's free to be put in a cage in Roxbury in BostonThey're gatherin' 'em up from miles aroundKeepin' the niggers down